SO what do I think I heard today? This isn't intended to be polished. I'm thinking about this at about 11:30 at night.

• We're operating in a highly competitive environment. If we're to be faulted for anything, it's that, for the most part, we're not thinking or behaving like entrepreneurs in this competitive environment. (That "we", by the way, refers to content providers as a very general population). We need to be nimble, able to adjust our services almost on demand.
• The researchers and scholars scattered across the various panels indicated that they are seeing the gaps in the services offered to them. They realize that there are publishing alternatives and explore those alternatives for the sake of their research and academic endeavors. Some disciplines are tentative in their approaches (Brent Shaw, the classicist in Session #2, talking about adopting the working papers approach already proven in the STM sector.) You get some communities of practice that are moving ahead w/ new collaborative approaches as Bob Hanisch in Session #4 illustrates. Should content providers be looking for a community of interest or a community of practice whose transition they can support? Show willingness to support their efforts and act as a partner!
• The competitive environment on a global scale (think about expanding Asia-Pacific markets) means that others will go ahead and do all the things that content providers are seemingly slow to do. Governments will move forward (and some of them, like the Japanese, are incredibly well focused on achieving the prize). One wonders if we've forgotten how the Japanese revolutionized the automotive industry because of their willingness to address the interest in and need for fuel-efficient cars. Scholars are looking for time-efficient tools.
• Tomorrow we'll be thinking about intellectual property as well as hearing from Paul DuGuid. More to come.